Month: December 2016

Last week Nextcloud 11 was released by our partner Nextcloud. This release, focused brings notable improvements to the Collabora Online 2.0 integration, the enterprise ready cloud document suite solution created by Collabora Productivity and available from Nextcloud.

Collaborative editing from a shared public link

Until now, usage of Collabora Online in Nextcloud was restricted to users with a Nextcloud server account. Nextcloud 11 introduces a new feature of sharing links that allow viewing and editing of documents on a Nextcloud server.

Nextcloud users can create a public link to a document that recipients will be able to use to view and collaborate around editing it in real time – based on the permissions provided! When a Nextcloud user shares a public link to a folder and enables editing the files in it, the documents in that folder can also be edited by anyone who has been given the public link.

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About Nextcloud:
Nextcloud offers a unique-in-the-industry fully open source solution for on-premise data handling and communication with an uncompromising focus on security and privacy. Nextcloud brings together universal access to data with next-generation secure communication and collaboration capabilities under direct control of IT and integrated with existing compliant infrastructure. Nextcloud’s open, modular architecture, emphasis on security and advanced federation capabilities enable modern enterprises to leverage their existing assets within and across the borders of their organization. For more information, visit https://nextcloud.com or follow @Nextclouders on Twitter.

About Collabora Productivity:
Collabora Productivity is the driving force behind putting LibreOffice in the Cloud, providing a range of products and consulting to enterprise and government. Powered by the largest team of certified LibreOffice engineers in the world, it is a leading contributor to the LibreOffice codebase and community. Collabora Office for Desktop and Collabora Online provide a business-hardened office suite with long-term, multi-platform support. Collabora Productivity is a division of Collabora, the global software consultancy dedicated to providing the benefits of Open Source to the commercial world, specialising in mobile, automotive and consumer electronics industries. For more information, visit www.collaboraoffice.com or follow @CollaboraOffice on Twitter.

Cambridge, United Kingdom and Zurich, Switzerland – December 8, 2016 – Kolab Systems has taken secure, scalable and friendly collaboration to the next level by integrating online office functionality with Collabora Online into the Open Source Kolab collaboration platform.

The integration of Collabora Online is the result of the close partnership announced at the beginning of this year. Together, we have created a beautifully seamless experience that provides a secure and easy-to-use, LibreOffice based online office suite, accessible directly from within the familiar Kolab web-based interface.

Collabora Online in Kolab comes with advanced collaboration features, allowing teams to jointly compose text documents, create spreadsheets, and design presentations. Team members can work from any location and all at the same time on the same documents, while still maintaining the highest levels of security and privacy that have become the hallmarks of Kolab Systems’ services and products.

Alongside Kolab’s other collaboration and productivity tools, such as email, calendar, tasks and notes, we have made our new Kolab more powerful and flexible than ever. By integrating a full-featured office suite within Kolab’s groupware functionalities, we have created a collaboration platform that will meet even the users’ most demanding expectations.

“Collabora should feel proud of this release” said Kolab Systems CEO, Georg Greve. “Since our joint announcement at FOSDEM 2016, both Kolab Systems and Collabora have worked side by side to combine the leading open source office and collaboration suites. You will finally be able to collaborate in confidence in the cloud.“

“Kolab Systems has done a wonderful job creating a seamless integration of Collabora Online” said Michael Meeks, General Manager at Collabora Productivity. “Their experience in providing enterprises with Open Source and secure communication and collaboration tools is extensive, and we are looking forward to the market response to their latest release.“

Kolab Systems provides the secure Kolab collaborative suite to large companies, Application Service Providers (ASP), government departments, SMEs, and individuals. With Kolab our clients increase their productivity and security without sacrificing their agility, allowing them to collaborate in confidence. Our ever-expanding range of services includes email, calendars, files, tasks, notes, address books, and more.

Our Kolab Enterprise professional services “tiger team” is made up by highly qualified system experts. They will help you get the most out of your installation and will handle even the most advanced deployment scenarios.

Kolab Systems is a purely Swiss business with a European team and offices in various countries. All our infrastructure and data is held exclusively in Switzerland, including our own Software as a Service / Cloud offering, Kolab Now. We are your professional partner for enterprise services backed by Swiss privacy laws.

Get in touch and let us help you turn on confidence for your collaboration.

Collabora Productivity is the driving force behind putting LibreOffice in the Cloud, providing a range of products and consulting to enterprise and government. Powered by the largest team of certified LibreOffice engineers in the world, it is a leading contributor to the LibreOffice codebase and community. Collabora Office for Desktop and Collabora Online provide a business-hardened office suite with long-term, multi-platform support. Collabora Productivity is a division of Collabora, the global software consultancy dedicated to providing the benefits of Open Source to the commercial world, specialising in mobile, automotive and consumer electronics industries. For more information, visit www.collaboraoffice.com or follow @CollaboraOffice on Twitter.

Collabora brings Collaborative Editing to your browser

Cambridge, United Kingdom – December 7, 2016 – Collabora Productivity, the driving force behind putting LibreOffice in the Cloud, is thrilled to announce the release of Collabora Online 2.0, which includes collaborative editing, for the first time, into the latest edition of its flagship enterprise ready cloud document suite solution.

Collabora Online is intended:

for Enterprises that want a powerful office suite in the cloud, or on-premise, that protects their privacy and allows them to keep full control of their sensitive corporate data.

for Hosting and Cloud businesses who wish to include document viewing and collaborative editing functionality into their service offering.

Collabora Online is suitable for large scale deployment, comes with an SLA, Long Term Support with signed security updates and implements collaborative editing of richly formatted documents directly from a web browser; with excellent support for popular office file formats, including text documents (odt, docx, doc,…), spreadsheets (ods, xlsx, xls, …) and presentations (odp, pptx, ppt,…).

“Collabora Online 2.0 is the result of very hard work from the Collabora team”, said Michael Meeks, General Manager of Collabora Productivity. “Our goal is to make the best online office suite there is, with excellent document support and feature set, 100% Open Source, giving users control of their own data.”

“We want to congratulate Collabora Productivity with this release” said Holger Dyroff, Managing Director at ownCloud. “Collaborative Editing was strongly requested by our enterprise users. They benefit from a scalable, secure, open platform with collaboration functions for tremendously increased productivity.”

“We’re proud to be partner with Collabora, the creators of LibreOffice Online” said Frank Karlitschek, Managing Director at Nextcloud. “Our customers need scalable and secure enterprise solutions that include online office functionality, and with Collabora Online we are able to offer that.”

“Collabora Online has become an essential building block for VNClagoon.” said Bernd Rodler, VNC Chairman of the Board. “Our business clients demand powerful online office suite functionality with full collaborative editing and we believe that Collabora Online is the best solution.”

“We are excited about this release of Collabora Online” said Daniel Pan, CEO at Seafile Ltd. “By using the full collaborative editing features our clients will improve their productivity, while staying in full control of all sensitive corporate data.”

“Collabora Productivity has done some great work here” said Charles du Jeu, CEO of Pydio. “Collaborative Editing is the perfect addition to Pydio 7, and it allows us to definitely close the gap between on-premise and commercial solutions like Google Docs or Microsoft Office Online.”

“Collabora should feel proud of this release” said Kolab Systems CEO, Georg Greve. “Since our joint announcement at FOSDEM 2016, both Kolab Systems and Collabora have worked side by side to combine the leading open source office and collaboration suites. You will finally be able to collaborate in confidence in the cloud.”

Cambridge, United Kingdom – December 1, 2016 – Collabora Productivity, the developers behind LibreOffice Online, and Arawa, a French Open Source IT company, announce a partnership to offer production ready LibreOffice in the Cloud with Collabora Online.

Collabora Online allows enterprises and organizations to run their own online office suite, self-hosted and on premise, allowing them to keep in control of their own data while increasing productivity. Collaborative editing, excellent support for all popular office file formats, Long Term Support, signed security updates and a SLA are key features of this commercially supported edition of LibreOffice in the Cloud.

“We are excited about this new partnership with Arawa” said Michael Meeks, General Manager at Collabora Productivity. “Arawa’s experience with Open Source deployments in France will be valuable to enterprises and organizations that want to get their own Open Source office in the cloud with the production ready Collabora Online.”

“Collabora Online has generated a lot of interest from our existing and potential clients” said Philippe Hemmel, CEO at Arawa. “The ability to self-host, the collaborative editing features and our combined support offering make Collabora Online the best choice for clients that want to increase productivity with an online office suite.”

Collabora Productivity is the driving force behind putting LibreOffice in the Cloud, providing a range of products and consulting to enterprise and government. Powered by the largest team of certified LibreOffice engineers in the world, it is a leading contributor to the LibreOffice codebase and community. Collabora Office for Desktop and Collabora Online provide a business-hardened office suite with long-term, multi-platform support. Collabora Productivity is a division of Collabora, the global software consultancy dedicated to providing the benefits of Open Source to the commercial world, specialising in mobile, automotive and consumer electronics industries. For more information, visit www.collaboraoffice.com or follow @CollaboraOffice on Twitter.

About Arawa:

Arawa is a French IT company specialized in Open Source office and collaborative software. Arawa helps organizations to implement document collaboration solutions that allows them to access information, while keeping in control of their data. Arawa’s large range of services, including setup, development, support and change management, is aimed at tailored projects that fit the specific needs and background of each organization.
For more information, visit www.arawa.fr or follow @Arawa_fr on Twitter.